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The Great Southern Golf Club, the oldest course in Mississippi, could become a housing development if the club that owns the course sells it. But the president of the club and the course superintendent said they want it to remain a golf club. They believe most of the stockholders agree. President Ellis Hill said they have an offer from someone interested in buying that came before the club’s stockholders last month. The stockholders decided to think about the offer for a couple of months and likely will have a vote on it in January. That potential buyer, Hill said, is interested in creating a housing development. “We want to keep it a golf course,” said Hill. “That is our goal. We want to keep it a golf course because it is such an important asset to the community. Some many people tell me on a weekly basis: I used to play here with my dad. I used to swim in the pool … that’s where I learned to swim.” The almost 130-acre site and clubhouse is … [Read more...] about Will Mississippi’s oldest golf course be turned into a housing development?

SAN LEONARDO, Nueva Ecija: It’s no ordinary house. This was the consensus reached by newsmen who were allowed to step inside the controversial house of Philippine National Police (PNP) chief Alan Purisima in this town on Monday. “It may be an ordinary house by General Purisima’s standard. But to us, it’s a dream house,” remarked a reporter upon seeing the house in Barangay Magpapalayok. Though not opulent, the house sitting on 204 square meters, has five bedrooms —three downstairs and two at the attic. It is equipped with a CCTV and has a function hall. Within the compound is a separate guesthouse with two bedrooms, a gazebo made from nipa and a swimming pool. Purisima reportedly acquired the 4.5-hectare property from Leandro Gonzales 4th, owner of the Gonzales hospital in this town, in 1998. The house was built in 2002 and renovated in 2012. Tito Purisima, a cousin of the PNP chief, toured members of the media around the property. Also present was … [Read more...] about Purisima house far from ‘ordinary’

THE family is a precious unit of society. For Filipinos, the culture of closely knit ties within this unit is something we treasure. Long before the advent of technology, conversations were personal, privacy was very much cherished and courtship and marriage were the norm. This culture can be seen in the structure of a few remaining ancestral houses in Cebu, one of which is the newly renovated Casa Gorordo Museum located in the Parian district. The house was said to have been home to one of the most prominent families in Cebu: the Gorordos. The house was built in 1850 by Alejandro Reynes and sold in 1863 to a Spanish merchant, Juan Isidro Gorordo. Now a museum, it is home to a few stories that the new generation might find quite interesting. The house has two floors: the ground floor (zaguan) or more commonly known as silong, and the second floor is called taas. Silong The ground floor was said to have been used as a storage area for some agricultural products from the Gorordo … [Read more...] about Housing history, culture: The new, old Casa Gorordo

Bitcoin cash came onto the scene on Tuesday following a much-anticipated fork in the bitcoin blockchain, and is the fourth largest cryptocurrency by market cap. But its price and high market cap might be the result of some technical issues underpinning the coin’s infrastructure. Bitcoin cash has the third largest market cap of any alternative cryptocurrency just three days after coming onto the scene. But it’s price may be inflated because of some technical issues underpinning the new coin. To recap, on Tuesday, bitcoin split in two following a years-long battle in the community over the rules that should guide the cryptocurrency’s network. That split resulted in the creation of a new cryptocurrency, bitcoin cash, which has the same basic underpinnings, but plays by different rules. In essence, it’s almost like bitcoin cash is a copy of bitcoin, but it’s built to process more transactions and faster. Following … [Read more...] about Bitcoin cash may be a house of cards that comes crashing down

If you’re an avid fan of HGTV’s “Fixer Upper,” a trip to Waco, Texas, should be on your radar. Joanna and Chip Gaines have been fixing up dilapidated homes in Waco on their TV show since November 2015. The success of the show has transformed the town into a full-fledged tourist destination. The couple has since opened a massive town center where visitors can shop for home goods inspired by the show. There’s also a bakery and a handful of trendy food trucks. But possibly the number one reason to visit Waco is that you can stay in one of the home that Joanna and Chip have renovated. Some are available for short-term rentals on sites like Airbnb and VRBO. This attraction might not last forever. A spokesperson for the Gaineses told Business Insider that they have changed their contract terms to prevent homeowners from turning their renovated homes into rentals immediately. “We want to honor our national viewing audience. We want to … [Read more...] about You can stay in a home that was renovated on HGTV’s hit show ‘Fixer Upper’ — here’s how

Between the 1950s and mid-1990s, tens of thousands of immigrants constructed a towering community 12 stories high across a 6.4-acre lot in Hong Kong. It was called the Kowloon Walled City. With a population of 33,000 squeezed into a tiny lot, the city at its peak was 119 times as dense as present-day New York City. Although it faced rampant crime and poor sanitation, the city was impressively self-sustainable until its demolition began in 1993. In the late ’80s, the Canadian photographer Greg Girard found his way into the windowless world. He shared photos and thoughts about his time in Kowloon Walled City with Business Insider. You can check out the rest, along with essays and work from the photographer Ian Lambot, in “City of Darkness: Revisited.” Though Hong Kong had been under British rule for decades by the time construction began, a clause in an 1842 treaty meant China still owned the property that would become Kowloon. Caught in legal limbo, it … [Read more...] about A renegade photographer got inside this lawless Hong Kong community that was 119 times as dense as New York City

As home and apartment prices in San Francisco have skyrocketed, finding an affordable place to live isn’t easy. That’s why 25-year-old illustrator Peter Berkowitz decided to get a little creative with his living situation, constructing an 8-by-3.5-by-4.5 “bedroom pod” that costs about $500 a month to live in. He originally planned to split a two-bedroom apartment with a friend, but he quickly realized that, price-wise, he couldn’t make it work. “I was far too optimistic at first that we could find a place that wouldn’t cost a fortune,” Berkowitz tells Business Insider. “It didn’t take long to realize that that wasn’t a feasible plan though.” That’s when Berkowitz decided that he’d construct a pod so that he and his friend could split a one-bedroom instead. “Two people looking for a one-bedroom apartment makes the city a lot less scary,” he says. Though he … [Read more...] about This man built a bedroom ‘pod’ because San Francisco housing was too expensive

China is, depending on whom you speak with, either an economic powerhouse destined for global domination or a house of cards on the verge of collapse. There is, however, a third way. It isn’t as explosive as the doomsday scenario, but it is also a departure from China’s rosy economic ascent. This third way turns China’s economy into a zombie. This third way leads to a “lost decade scenario,” according to Societe Generale’s Wei Yao, and it is becoming more and more likely as China fails to follow through on reforming its corporate sector. What’s worse, she says, is that the Chinese government is running out of time. After a while, zombies tend to take over. And they don’t kill you – they just turn you into one of them. The problem is major amounts of debt built up in the corporate sector, which is mainly made up of state-owned enterprises (SOEs). These quasi-state-controlled companies have become less and less … [Read more...] about There’s a China zombie scenario the world is just starting to worry about

It’s been just over a year since Microsoft snapped up Mojang, the game studio behind the smash-hit video game Minecraft, for $2.5 billion. Minecraft is a phenomenon. At any given time, there are as many as 3 million people playing it. Just this week, we found out that Minecraft is coming to the Facebook-owned Oculus Rift VR headset. Still, Minecraft is a mystery for many, myself included. In an effort to understand just what makes Minecraft such a massive hit, I asked the biggest fans I know – my nephews, 9-year-old Diego and 5-year-old Tony, whose mom limits their playing to only a couple of hours a day – to show me the ropes. The very first thing I did was download an extremely unauthorized Spider-Man “skin” from the internet for my character. The kids, used to such wonders, were completely unimpressed. So much for being the cool uncle. We decided to try “Creative” mode first, where there are no limits on what you can build … [Read more...] about I spent the weekend playing Minecraft with a 9-year-old, and now I get why Microsoft paid $2.5 billion for it

Take a look at the “Rich Kids of Instagram” blog and you’ll see over-the-top photos of luxury bags, massive bottles of Dom Perignon, and flights on private jets. The photos are posted by an anonymous source, who wades through Instagram to find photos of young people flaunting their wealth. But if you ask some of the so-called “rich kids” featured on the site, their lives aren’t like that all of the time. “We just live a certain lifestyle and people perceive it in their own way,” Reya Benitez, daughter of legendary Studio 54 DJ John “Jellybean” Benitez, said to Business Insider. “We’re not flashing things.” Benitez has more than 3,000 followers on Instagram. Gaia Matisse, great-great-granddaughter of French painter Henri Matisse and daughter of the late, famed pop artist Alain Jacquet, has more than 15,700 Instagram followers. “Any picture can be turned into something else,” … [Read more...] about The ‘Insta-famous’ sons and daughters of New York’s elite let me into their circle — here’s what it was like